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How Haiti paid for its freedom – twice over

3 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home How Haiti paid for its freedom – twice over 19 April 2025 UN Photo/Mark Garten Shackles used to bind slaves on display at the Transatlantic Slave Trade exhibition at UN Headquarters in New York. (file) Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum has heard calls for the restitution of what has long been described as a “…

Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes

4 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes 18 April 2025 © UNICEF A woman and her granddaughter with relief supplies in a village in Mandalay, one of the regions hardest hit by the disaster. Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water or medical care three weeks after deadly earthquakes struck the country, as frequent aftershocks compound the…

Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise France’s Engagement with the Review Process, Ask about Prison Overcrowding and Excessive Use of Force by the Police

5 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise France’s Engagement with the Review Process, Ask about Prison Overcrowding and Excessive Use of Force by the Police 17 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the eighth periodic report of France under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, with Committee Experts…

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Concludes Fortieth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Jamaica, Mexico and Niger

5 days 7 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Concludes Fortieth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Jamaica, Mexico and Niger 17 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its fortieth session after adopting concluding observations on the…

Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief

5 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief 17 April 2025 © UNRWA The UNRWA water well serves around 20,000 displaced people in Jabalia, Gaza. Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into…

Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan

5 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan 17 April 2025 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga People in Rupchai, South Sudan collect food aid that was dropped by airplanes. The number of civilians in South Sudan harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and other armed groups increased by 51 per cent in 2024, the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) said on Thursday.…

Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register

5 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register 17 April 2025 UN Photo Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster in English in 1949. (file) The archives of British naturalist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized understanding of nature and humanity’s…

Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs

5 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs 17 April 2025 © OHCHR/Marion Mondain Vendors surrounded by garbage sell goods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.…

Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers

5 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers 17 April 2025 © UNFPA/Karel Prinsloo A girl carries water at the Farchana camp for Sudanese refugees in Chad. As Sudan’s civil war grinds on, millions of civilians remain trapped in a relentless cycle of displacement, hunger and violence, while relief efforts are stifled by insecurity and bureaucratic hurdles…

Libya’s fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides

5 days 10 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Libya’s fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides 17 April 2025 © UN Photo/Abel Kavangh A central plaza in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Libya’s prolonged political transition is facing renewed strain, with mounting economic pressures and tensions between rival governments threatening the calm that has held since the 2020 ceasefire…